With that in mind, let's take a look at each of The Big 6, who control them, and what they own.

The 6 Companies That Own (almost) All Media

Media Conglomerate #1: National Amusements

Unless you're directly involved in business and / or entertainment, you've probably never heard of National Amusements before.

The company owns movie theaters throughout the world — about 950 total — but it owns much more than just movie theaters.

NA's huge collection of properties is staggering. Whether they own a company entirely, possess majority shares, or even own minority voting shares, the scope of NA's reach is enormous for a company that's known less than its subsidiaries.

To start our look at NA, let's check out one of the biggest names in modern business — Sumner Redstone.

Head: Sumner Redstone

Sumner Redstone is current owner of National Amusements and all of its properties. While his daughter Shari has the title of President, Sumner Redstone retains most of the control over the company.

NA was first founded by Sumner Redstone's father Michael Redstone, making National Amusements one of the most powerful and successful corporate dynasties in the United States.

None of the Redstones publish their salaries. After all, National Amusements is a private company.

His net worth refers to the total financial value of what Sumner Redstone owns, minus any outstanding debts.

As he nears his 94th birthday in 2017, Sumner Redstone (and his estate) is worth an estimated $4.6 billion, according to Forbes.

While a decent amount of that value comes from his stake in National Amusements, much more of it comes from the companies that he owns.

TV and Film Assets

The most famous assets of National Amusements are almost all Viacom and CBS properties.

Combined, they make up the lion's share of NA's television and film acquisitions.

Still, that's only a portion of what NA owns.

Print Assets

National Amusements has a modest collection of print publishers, but they're pretty well-known.

The most well-known is Simon and Schuster, which National Amusements acquired when it purchased Viacom in 1999.

Video Game Assets

Along with other entertainment assets, National Amusements controls CBS Games.

Since its acquisition, CBS Games has rebranded to CBS Interactive, which now controls well-known gaming websites that we'll look at next.

Internet Assets

With CBS Interactive, National Amusements controls giant chunks of the video game news and sports news industries.

These brands include GameSpot, metacritic, c|net, and 247-Sports.

Media Conglomerate #2: Disney

Disney is probably the most well-known media name on this list.

The company has a hand in just about every medium in the world from children's cinema to sports.

When it comes to television and film, there's a good chance you're watching something owned by the Disney company — even if it doesn't have Disney's name.

Why?

They own so, so much.

Let's start with the company's leader.

Head: Bob Iger

Disney announced Bob Iger as CEO on March 13, 2005, following the departure of Michael Eisner.

Since then, Iger has run a campaign of mergers and acquisitions to expand Disney into an even greater media powerhouse, especially with the acquisition of Marvel ($4 billion) and Lucasfilm ($4 billion).

His published salary is $44.9 million. That breaks down to:

$1.73 million per paycheck

$172,692.32 per day

$21,586.54 per hour

Why does Iger make so much money?

He (technically) oversees all of the following companies.

TV and Film Assets

First, let's look at the bread and butter of Disney — television and film.

Considering they have theme parks built to their entertainment assets, it's clear that Disney is best known for its TV and film properties.

There are so many different companies that you really just have to see it for yourself.